Scale-bearing support.



No. 885,855: PATENTED APR. 28,1908.

w. 1-". STIMPSON.

SG ALE BBARING'SUPPORT. APPLICATION 11.51) 1mm; 190a.

UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

TWALTER F; STIMPSON, F DETROIT, MIClEiIGAN.

No. 885,885. 7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 28, 1908.

Application filed December 8, 1906. SeriaINo. 846,879

To all whom it may concern: of the loop is sufficient to receive the block Be it known that I, WALTER F. STIMPSON, A, and above the block thesides of the loop a citizen of the United States of America, reare provided with inwardly projecting lugs siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne F, preferably formed by striking out a porand State of Michigan, have invented certain tion of the metal.

new and useful- Improvements in Scale-Bear- The proportion of parts is such that, when Ping Supports, of which the following is a the lower end portions G of the loop are ars ecification, reference being had therein to ranged beneat the platform 0, the lugs F the ccompanying drawings. 1 will be above and projectin slightly over i0 Theinvention relates to scale bearing su the upper edges of thebloc A, sufficient ports, more particularly designed for t e clearance. being provided to permit said platform lever bearing, but'is applicable to block'to move angularly to adjust itself to other parts of a scale. the 'ivot. p he invention consists in the novel conith the construction described, the arts 5 struction as hereinafter set forth. may be assembled by first slipping the lock In the drawin s, Figure 1 isa perspective A between the upward projections D and view of a scale caring, and its supporting then engage the loop E. This loopis first hanger detached; Fig. 2 is a cross section formed with its sides spread so as to permit through theassembled han er and bearin of engagement with the' b earing block and 20 Fig. 3 is a plan view of the fiank from whic its supporting platform.' The sides of the the su porting platformv for the bearing isloop are then pressed inward to en age the formed? inwardly projecting end portions G with the In the resent state of the artit is usual notched bearing C,-and to arrange the lugs to form -t e bearings of scales of agate or Fabove the edges of the block A, as revii extremely hard but somewhat fragile mateously described. The loop will then he d the 50 downward projections, prefera rial. It is. also common to provide protectbearing block from sidewise displacement in ing casings for the agate bearin s, usually relation to the latform. The ends D will formed of metal, and for-platform lever bearhold theblock om endwise dis lacement, ings, these c asin s have been pivotally at- 'andthe lugs F will hold the block romverti- 0 tached to hanger oops.

The present invention relates to a conoientstrengt'h to transmit and distribute the struction of a supporting Iplatform for a base stresses from the pivot bearings G uniformly for the agate bearing. urther'in the conto all pprtions of the block, thereby preventstruetion of the supporting hanger therefor, ing lia ility'of fracture. v

35 in the manner of attaching the same to the What I claim as my invention is: bearin and su porting platfori '1. The combination with a scale bearing Asil ustrate Ais the agate bearin blockv block, ,of. a supportingplatfor 1 therefor, provided onits upper face with t e V- having downwardly projecting spaced lugs, shaped ooveB for receiving the knife edge and a pivotal support for said platform 4o pivot. his bearing is preferably of rectanextending between said lugs and beneath 1 gular form, and is made Without slotting or said latform and held from displacement recessing any of its sides; with exception ofthere y. I the V-shaped groove in the top." I 2. The combination with a scale bearing O is'a sup orting latform for the bearing block,'.of a supporting platform therefor 45 block, whicli is preierably formed of sheet having upwardl extending portions for em- 10o -'metal, and has at its opposite ends the upbracing the en s of the block and spaced turned ortions D forembracing the ends of downwardly projecting ortions, a loop cmthe bloc A, and holding them from dis lace bracin the sides of said lock, and extending ment: This platform is-also provide with beneat the platform between said spaced ly formed by downwardly projecting portions and an ins notched portions C on opposite sides of the wardprojectlon on the side of said loop platform. above the block, for the purpose described. E is a hanger which isformed of a metal 3. The combination with a scale bearing rod bent into sloop form and having its endsblock, ofa su porting )latform therefor 55 at the bottom. T e space between the sides struck up from s ieet metal having upwardly -cal d1splacement. The platform is of-sufiig Q assess extending end portions, and downwardly ex In testimony whereof I efiix my signature 1 tending notched pside portions and a, bent in presence of two witnesses.

loop having its ends extending inwardi at the bottom, said 100 embracing the book a with the ends eXten g beneath the plat: VALTIFJR STIMPSON' form engaging the notched downwardly eX- Witnesses: tending side portions and an inwardly ex- AMELIA WILLIAMS, tending lug on, said 10.9 above the beering N ELLIE KINSELLA.

block, for the purpose eseribed. 

